Legendary Horses of Camargue guest post by Ferne Arfin. Camargue horses are legendary. White or grey and cream, short-legged and sturdy, with bushy tails and thick, glamorous manes, they are really a kind of pony. The origin of the horses, unique in the world to this corner of France, is something of a mystery. At […]
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“If you like, you’ll have time to groom your horse before we go out on the trail,” offered my guide as I checked into the Guest Ranch. Having owned several horses in my youth, I considered this horseback riding vacation a chance to skip the brushing. In fact, I didn’t have to saddle or bridle my
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“Why is that horse hobbled?” I ask as I swing open the gate to the arena at the Kay El Bar Guest Ranch. “He’s a busy boy,” replies Head Wrangler Dee Steed as he smiles in reference to the bay horse who is hopping up and down on his front hooves, still tied to the hitching
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The low ranch house built in 1868 stretches out beside an emerald lawn shaded by ancient trees. But first there are the horses. You cannot miss the rich aroma of the crowd milling around in the corral across from the parking lot. Many of the 180 horses belonging to the ranch will be hanging out
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Guest post by Merry Ann Moore, Sisters, OR In one of the horseback riding vacation capitals of the Pacific Northwest, horsing around for the holidays has several meanings. I live in Sisters, Oregon, a quaint western town at the intersection of high desert and the snowy Cascade Mountains, surrounded by Pacific Northwest national forestland. It’s both
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